[wwreview]Jasper Joffe at Sartorial Contemporary Art opens October 15

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 Jasper Joffe                =20
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October 15th to November 13th=20

   Private View Saturday 15th October 7- 9pm                  =20

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Sartorial Contemporary Art

101a Kensington Church Street

 London W8 7LN

Tube: Notting Hill Gate

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Opening times: Mon to Fri 1:30-7:30

or by appointment

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 tel: 0207 7925882   =20

 e: art@sartorialart.com

 www.sartorialart.com

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Sartorial Contemporary Art presents a show of new paintings by Jasper =
Joffe

Jasper Joffe's new paintings are full of clowns, spiders, flies, eyes, =
webs, birds, and shapes. He likes to paint clowns because clowns' faces =
are painted in real life. The oil paint drips and smears and the tears =
really slide down the canvas, and he imagines that he is escaping the =
problems of illusion. Spiders he thinks of as his fellow artists with =
their delicate and careful abstract webs, so they go in too. Birds are =
not bound to the earth like humans, so it makes sense to put them =
anywhere in the painting. Flies are caught in the spider webs. Eyes give =
life to shapes which might get lost otherwise.  He keeps Tiepolo's =
audacity in mind

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Joffe born 1975, studied at the Royal College of Art. He has had solo =
shows at galleries including the Chisenhale Gallery, The Centre of =
Attention, London and Laura Pecci Gallery, Milan. He was a Rome scholar =
in 1999-2000. He continues to challenge the practice of painting with =
provocative exhibitions, exploring interactions between the artist, =
public, critics and the media. He says of his painting: "like some =
religious freak who doesn't feel like justifying himself for the =
millionth time to a bunch of atheists: I conceal my certainty that =
painting is the best thing in the world".

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For Sartorial he asked prominent critics and artists to review his show =
without seeing it:

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Could you please write a 100 word review/description, from your =
imagination, of my solo show of paintings opening October 15 at =
Sartorial Contemporary Art?

The concept (there always is one) is that you imagine an =
ideal/disastrous show of mine without ever having seen it. The reviews =
will appear in advance of the opening and the show will be liberated =
from its conception.
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Let me know if you have the time...
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Best wishes

Jasper

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"These paintings are full of dissipated energy. You wonder if he would =
like to do something real, but just doesn't know where to begin, or if =
he has a political programme and being unreal is necessary to it. He is =
not alone in this scenario. I don't even blame him. He seems intelligent =
but corrupted by some sinister Lord of the Rings force that perhaps =
first started taking him over at art school. How does anyone get out of =
it? Search me."

Matthew Collings

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"For his latest exhibition Jasper Joffe has taken his signature approach =
of spontaneous painting and drawing to its logical extreme. The artist =
spontaneously combusted in the gallery, reducing to a spindly stick of =
charcoal - his thighbone or thereabouts, perhaps - with which the =
viewers can create their own collaborative drawing on a vast sheet of =
paper tacked panoramically around the walls. The outcome so far is a =
smattering of obscene graffiti and telephone numbers, but is potentially =
an apt monument to a practice that explores viewer expectation and =
frustration."

Sally O'Reilly

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"Give Jasper a canvas and he'll paint something like a vase of flowers =
or a black car or a rude picture of his mother. And give Jasper a whole =
gallery and he will fill it within days. He's always been like that. The =
interesting thing is that so much of what he paints is interesting. In =
fact it's so rare that Jasper does something boring that when he does =
people say, "Wow, how interesting that Jasper has done something =
boring". Why does he do it, how does he do it, why won't he stop? I =
don't think he can stop. And maybe our best option is to sit back and =
watch the fireworks. Rave on Jasper Joffe."

Harry Pye

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Contemporary Art presents a =
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paintings by Jasper Joffe
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Arial"><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><SPAN=20
style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jasper =
Joffe's new=20
paintings are full of clowns, spiders, flies,&nbsp;eyes, webs, birds, =
and=20
shapes. He likes to paint clowns because clowns' faces are painted in =
real life.=20
The oil paint drips and smears and the tears really slide down the =
canvas, and=20
he imagines that he is escaping the problems of illusion. Spiders he =
thinks of=20
as his fellow artists with their delicate and careful abstract webs, so =
they go=20
in too.&nbsp;Birds are not bound to the earth like humans, so it makes =
sense to=20
put them anywhere in the painting. Flies are caught in the spider webs. =
Eyes=20
give life to shapes which might get lost otherwise.&nbsp; He keeps =
Tiepolo's=20
audacity in mind</o:p>
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lang=3DEN-GB=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: =
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; =
mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Joffe=20
born 1975, studied at the Royal College of Art. He has&nbsp;had solo =
shows at=20
galleries including&nbsp;the&nbsp;Chisenhale Gallery, The Centre of =
Attention,=20
<st1:City w:st=3D"on">London</st1:City> and <SPAN=20
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Laura Pecci Gallery, <st1:City=20
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Milan</st1:place></st1:City>. He was =
a <st1:place=20
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Rome</st1:City></st1:place> scholar in =
1999-2000.=20
He continues to challenge the practice of painting with provocative =
exhibitions,=20
exploring interactions between the artist, public, critics and the =
media.=20
He=20
says of his painting: =93like some religious freak who doesn't feel like =

justifying himself for the millionth time to a bunch of atheists: I =
conceal my=20
certainty that painting is the best thing in the =
world=94.</SPAN></EM></P>
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<FONT=20
color=3D#808080>For=20
Sartorial he asked prominent critics and artists to review his show =
without=20
seeing it:<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><FONT=20
color=3D#c0c0c0>&nbsp;</o:p>
<I=20
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; =
mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Could=20
you please write a 100 word review/description, from your imagination, =
of my=20
solo show of paintings opening October 15 at Sartorial Contemporary =
Art?<BR=20
style=3D"mso-special-character: line-break"><BR=20
style=3D"mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p>
<I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; =
mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The=20
concept (there always is one) is that you imagine an ideal/disastrous =
show of=20
mine without ever having seen it. The reviews will appear in advance of =
the=20
opening and the show will be liberated from its=20
conception. &nbsp;<o:p></o:p>
<I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; =
mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Let=20
me know if you have the time... &nbsp; Best wishes<BR=20
style=3D"mso-special-character: line-break"><BR=20
style=3D"mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p>
<I=20
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; =
mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: =
EN-US">Jasper<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
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mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: =
EN-US">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; =
mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">=93These=20
paintings are full of dissipated energy. You wonder if he would like to =
do=20
something real, but just doesn't know where to begin, or if he has a =
political=20
programme and being unreal is necessary to it. He is not alone in this =
scenario.=20
I don't even blame him. He seems intelligent but corrupted by some =
sinister Lord=20
of the Rings force that perhaps first started taking him over at art =
school. How=20
does anyone get out of it? Search me.=94<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; =
mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: =
18.0pt">Matthew=20
Collings<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
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mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: =
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<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; =
mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">=93For=20
his latest exhibition Jasper Joffe has taken his signature approach of=20
spontaneous painting and drawing to its logical extreme. The artist=20
spontaneously combusted in the gallery, reducing to a spindly stick of =
charcoal=20
=96 his thighbone or thereabouts, perhaps =96 with which the viewers can =
create=20
their own collaborative drawing on a vast sheet of paper tacked =
panoramically=20
around the walls. The outcome so far is a smattering of obscene graffiti =
and=20
telephone numbers, but is potentially an apt monument to a practice that =

explores viewer expectation and frustration.=94<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; =
mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: =
18.0pt">Sally=20
O=92Reilly<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; =
mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: =
EN-US"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; =
mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">=93Give=20
Jasper a canvas and he'll paint something like a vase of flowers or a =
black car=20
or a rude picture of his mother. And give Jasper a whole gallery and he =
will=20
fill it within days. He's always been like that. The interesting thing =
is that=20
so much of what he paints is interesting. In fact it's so rare that =
Jasper does=20
something boring that when he does people say, "Wow, how interesting =
that Jasper=20
has done something boring". Why does he do it, how does he do it, why =
won't he=20
stop? I don't think he can stop. And maybe our best option is to sit =
back and=20
watch the fireworks. Rave on Jasper Joffe.=94<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; =
mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: =
18.0pt">Harry=20
Pye
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